[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/cXpWo9qq"] [Date "2026.06.01"] [Round "-"] [White "PeteS012"] [Black "aoubg"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "cXpWo9qq"] [UTCDate "2026.06.01"] [UTCTime "10:05:58"] [WhiteElo "1837"] [BlackElo "1744"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B13"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.15] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.27] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.08] } 2... c5 { [%eval 0.22] } 3. e3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... cxd4 { [%eval 0.17] } 4. exd4 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... Nc6 { [%eval 0.13] } { B13 Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation } 5. Bd3 { [%eval 0.0] } 5... e6 { [%eval 0.45] } 6. b3 { [%eval 0.1] } 6... Bb4+ { [%eval 0.36] } 7. Nbd2?! { (0.36 → -0.71) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } { [%eval -0.71] } (7. c3 Bd6 8. O-O Nge7 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 O-O) 7... Nf6?! { (-0.71 → 0.22) Inaccuracy. Bc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.22] } (7... Bc3 8. Rb1 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. c4 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1) 8. O-O?! { (0.22 → -0.71) Inaccuracy. Bb2 was best. } { [%eval -0.71] } (8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Qe2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qa5 11. Qe3 Bc3 12. O-O-O Bd7) 8... O-O?! { (-0.71 → 0.35) Inaccuracy. Bc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.35] } (8... Bc3 9. Rb1 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. c4 O-O 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nf3 Bb6 14. cxd5) 9. a3? { (0.35 → -1.29) Mistake. Bb2 was best. } { [%eval -1.29] } (9. Bb2 Bd6 10. a3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. f4 Ne7 14. Rf3 b5) 9... Bd6?? { (-1.29 → 0.38) Blunder. Bc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.38] } (9... Bc3 10. Rb1 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Nf3 Bc3 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Qc7 15. Rfe1) 10. Bb2 { [%eval 0.37] } 10... Qc7 { [%eval 0.63] } 11. Re1 { [%eval 0.62] } 11... Re8 { [%eval 0.98] } 12. Ne5 { [%eval 0.88] } 12... Nd7?? { (0.88 → 3.14) Blunder. b6 was best. } { [%eval 3.14] } (12... b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bb5 a6 15. c4 axb5 16. cxb5 Rec8 17. bxc6 Ba6 18. Re3) 13. f4?? { (3.14 → 0.59) Blunder. Bxh7+ was best. } { [%eval 0.59] } (13. Bxh7+ Kf8 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. Qh4 Ke7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qg3 g5 18. c4 Rg8) 13... f6?? { (0.59 → 5.36) Blunder. f5 was best. } { [%eval 5.36] } (13... f5 14. c4 Nf6 15. b4 dxc4 16. Ndxc4 Ne7 17. b5 Ned5 18. Qb3 b6 19. Rac1) 14. Bxh7+ { [%eval 4.96] } 14... Kxh7?? { (4.96 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf8 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (14... Kf8 15. Ng6+ Kf7 16. Qh5 Nf8 17. Nxf8+ Kxf8 18. Bg6 Bd7 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7+) 15. Qh5+ { [%eval #4] } 15... Kg8 { [%eval #4] } 16. Qf7+ { [%eval #3] } 16... Kh7 { [%eval #2] } 17. Re3 { [%eval #1] } 17... Rf8 { [%eval #1] } 18. Rh3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0